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Twitter says it's expanding tweet limit to 280 characters from 140 as part of test for some users — Twitter's 140-character limit died today after a long battle with Facebook. It is survived by brands, publishers and personalities, who will miss its insistence on wit and getting to the point.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Amazon says YouTube is no longer available on Echo Show; Google cites implementation violates TOS, Amazon says there is no technical reason for the decision — Goodbye, cooking lessons and music videos — Amazon and Google are in a not-so-fun fight. Google has apparently decided …
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Apple confirms iPhone 8 crackling earpiece issue affects some devices and says a fix is coming — The company acknowledges ‘a small number of cases’ — Some iPhone 8 owners are running into an issue with the phone's earpiece: when they make a call, the earpiece makes a disruptive … | Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Chinese regulator: iPhone X has 3GB of RAM, and a 2,716mAh battery, compared to iPhone 8's 1,821mAh battery, and its A11 Bionic chip has clock speed of 2.4GHz — Previously unconfirmed details about the internal specifications of Apple's iPhone X appear to have been revealed …
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| Blair Hanley Frank / VentureBeat: |
Google acquires Bitium to boost its cloud identity management capabilities — Google today announced it is acquiring Bitium. Financial details were not disclosed, but Bitium will be joining the Google Cloud team. — Founded in March 2012, Bitium provides identity and access management …
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| Anna Edney / Bloomberg: |
Verily, Apple, Fitbit, and Samsung are among nine firms chosen for FDA pilot program for faster approval of digital health tools — Agency to pre-certify some health technology companies — Tech companies have struggled with some health regulations — A federal agency that regulates apples wants … | Marguerite Reardon / CNET: |
FCC report says mobile market has “effective competition” but some Democrats dissent, claiming entire ecosystem wasn't evaluated — The Federal Communications Commission's annual report on wireless competition declares the mobile market competitive. But dissenting members cry foul.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Instagram introduces new safety features, including tool to limit who can comment on posts — Instagram is launching a handful of new tools today to combat harassment and help its community members. — The first of those is much requested: the ability to limit who can comment on your photos.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 57 beta, called Firefox Quantum, arrives with major visual overhaul and faster next-generation engine — Mozilla today updated the beta version and developer version of its browser to Firefox Quantum. “Since the version number — 57 — can't really convey the magnitude of the changes we've made … | Aoife White / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google to create a standalone unit for its shopping unit and require it to bid against rivals for ads, to satisfy EU antitrust concerns — Google Shopping must rely on own revenues to bid for ad slots — EU gave Thursday deadline for Google to comply with order
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| Becky Peterson / Business Insider: |
Google adds per-second billing for Google Cloud, effective today, before Amazon's per-second billing takes effect on October 2 — The cloud wars rage on, and this time, the battle is over billing increments. — On Tuesday, Google announced that its cloud service will offer per-second billing.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
T-Mobile acquires Iowa Wireless Service, which has 103 stores and around 75K customers; deal expected to close end-of-year or early 2018 — T-Mobile announced today that it has acquired the remaining interest of iWireless, a mobile operator previously owned by Aureon that serves customers in Iowa …
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Equifax chairman and CEO Richard Smith steps down effective immediately after massive data breach, having spent more than a decade at the company — The company's shares were halted pending the news. — Equifax chairman and chief executive Richard Smith has stepped down from the embattled …
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Tweets: @martenmickos, @dnvolz, @zackwhittaker, @briankrebs, @gossithedog, @ahess247, @counternotions, and @lessien
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber announces various improvements for drivers, including a flat fee, between $0.50-$1, for each new UberPool passenger and improved rating system — Behavior modification therapy, via a company that has its share of bad habits — Uber is announcing a few notable changes today …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Plex adds personalized, ad-supported news hub to its media player after its acquisition of news video startup Watchup — Media player software maker Plex is today making good on its acquisition of streaming news startup Watchup from earlier this year with the integration of a dedicated news hub within its app.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Crowdsourced hardware maker Quirky, which filed for bankruptcy in 2015, relaunches with a similar focus, but plans to license products for manufacture — Quirky once was one of the tech world's most-watched startups, raising around $200 million to build a platform whereby inventors …
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AMC leads $20M Series B for Spielberg-backed Dreamscape Immersive to bring VR to cinemas, with plans to install Dreamscape at six locations in US and UK — AMC is putting $20 million behind Dreamscape Immersive, a location-based virtual reality company backed by Steven Spielberg
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Behind Google's decision to temporarily ban drug addiction treatment ads on AdWords, which at one time reportedly garnered bids of up to $187 per click — In May, scores of people on the front lines of America's opioid crisis packed the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers conference … | Sean Captain / Fast Company: |
Trivago acquires German machine learning startup Tripl, which makes tools that recommend itineraries and offers based on a user's social media activity — The hotel search engine acquired the German machine-learning startup Tripl, which harnesses users' social media activity to make recommendations.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook signs multiyear deal with NFL to distribute game highlights, other content; NFL Films will produce content packages for Facebook Watch — Facebook and the NFL this morning announced a new multi-year programming deal that will see the sports organization distributing official NFL video …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
SEC announces Cyber Unit to police violations involving distributed ledger tech and ICOs, dark web misconduct, cyber threats to critical market infrastructure — It's forming a Cyber Unit dedicated to online financial crimes — The US' Securities and Exchange Commission has to deal …
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